orkamo

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Meaning:	“darkness”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	orkäm
Lexeme variants:	orkamo; orkmo
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	orkamo
voc
acc	orkamo
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• orkamo “darkness”

  	sg
  nom	orkamo
  acc	orkamo

  • orkamñe “dark, gloomy, obscure”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
    nom	orkamñe		orkamñana
    acc	orkamñe	orkamñai	orkamñana

  • orkamñe “darkness, gloom, obscurity” “blindness” msg

    	sg
    nom	orkamñe
    acc	orkamñe
    loc	orkamñene

Occurrences

orkmo

1	IOL Toch 876 b2	/// b2 ///	(o)rkmo	ne /// b3
2	PK AS 14.2 a4	/// ainakeṃ : p·äk·e	orkmo	ce ostne orocce tetkākṣ
3	SI P 2 b4	(po) (ci) (70-5) (śatkai)	orkmo	ra ; wäntre kauṃ
4	THT 139 a4	; nesäṃ ksā :	orkmo	yneś krui ; tākan-ne
5	THT 143 b6	aiśämñe /// b6 ///	orkmo	nau /// b7 ///
6	THT 1193 and 2247 a2	/// skenträ 30-6 aknātsañeṣṣe	orkmo	cai pe ·ru ///

orkamo

1	THT 1249 b5	/// b5 /// m(e)ṃ	orkamo	tāka kānyāyane cau ṣañ
2	THT 1359 b2	wr· kṣäṃ kektseñe mā	orkamo	mäsketär c(e)ts pya(p)yaintse ka